The Anti-ESG Ecosystem: Part II, Chapter 4 — A system can be described without being understood. When people talk about pressure, they often imagine something overt and intentional—a demand issued, a rule imposed, a vote taken, a…
The Anti-ESG Ecosystem: Part II, Chapter 3 — Part II: The Analytical Foundation If Part I establishes what the anti-ESG ecosystem is and how pressure enters it, Part II explains how that pressure actually moves. This section provides the…
The Anti-ESG Ecosystem: Politics, Capital, and Climate — Here is a link to the book. Please feel free to share it with others who are interested in this topic.
…piece written by Shiva Rajgopal and me titled “AI Can Measure How ESG Really Impacts the Bottom Line.” The foundation for this piece is our book “Making Sustainability Financially Relevant: A Man/Machine Collaboration.
…book. Over the past five years, “sustainability” and the acronym “ESG” have become politicized at both ends of the spectrum. On the left, critics argue these ideas have been capture…
…a 2021 Texas law targeting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies, ruling it unconstitutional and blocking its enforcement. Judge Albright is a 2018 appointee of President Trump to the Western District of Texas, where his…
…I have been following, writing about, and participating in the “ESG Culture Wars” in the U.S. There has been a great deal of performative activity on both ends of the political spectrum.…
…“GOP Outreach Campaign.” This campaign started with a focus on the “ESG Culture Wars.” I’m finding substantial common ground with thoughtful conservatives. Out of…
The ESG Culture Wars rage on. On the investment front no asset manager has taken more incoming fire than BlackRock, the world’s largest asset management with an estimated $10.65 trillion in assets under management…
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